World English Bible
Matthew 15:20
“These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man.”
Verse in context — Matthew 15
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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
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For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
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These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man.
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Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!
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